Chapter Twenty-one
Test The Water's
I walked into class and sat down at my seat. As usual, I took out my planner and wrote down the homework and then passed notes with Ray who sat in front of me. Ray had written a funny joke and I was replying to him when the class phone rang. I watched the teacher pick up the phone and listen foe a few moments before looking at me.
"Lily, can you come here? The calls for you." This caught me off guard. I never get calls. I stood up and took the phone.
"Hello?" Why would someone call me at school? What was so important that it couldn't wait?
"Hello Lillian. How are you doing today?" Asked the cheery male voice on the other end of the phone.
"Fine, thank you." My voice was shaky.
"This is Doctor Salazar from the hospital. We just got the test results back from you blood test to search for any hint of leukemia."
"And?"
"The results came back negative. I'm proud to say you do not have cancer." I breathed a sigh of relief. Everything's going to be fine. I'm healthy and happy and I'm about to get back together with Travis. Could this day get any better?
"Thank you. Well I have to get back to class. Bye." I hung up the phone and returned to my cloud. The day flew by and the next thing I knew I was sitting under a Weeping Willow staring at Travis and waiting for him to speak.
"Lily, I talked to Robbie and I realized that I was being cruel. I should have believed you wouldn't lie to me. You're my best friend. I should trust you. And with everything you're going through...this must be hard on you. I shouldn't have put so much of my pain on you. I'm sorry. Please, please don't hate me? You're my best friend and no on could take your place even if they tried." His apology was heartfelt and would make any girl happy but I noticed something the average girl wouldn't. He wasn't referring to me as his girlfriend. Just as his best friend.
"Wait...a minute, are you saying you want to be friends again? Just friends?" He got what I was trying to say and looked at his feet.
"Yah, I think that's what I'm saying." His words came out slow, almost as if trying to convince himself. "Maybe...we should see other people. You know, test the waters?" I was speechless. My wonderful day had just been handed a pile of crap. "Lily? Are you okay?"
"Yah, um...test the waters, fine with me. Uh...Travis, I better get going. I have to do...stuff. Really important-stuff. So, um, bye." I was slowly backing away and the next minute I was running as fast as I could back into school.